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Nigerian Internet Business Opportunities. An #ICT4D Skype Chat.

19 March 2010 ~ 121 views

The following blog post is culled from ICTWorks.org and involves me. Nigeria is the Giant of Africa, with 1/8 of its population and all the possibilities and problems that come with such size and diversity. It also should be the ICT leader for Africa. Nigeria has the more mobile phone subscribers, at 68 million, than Egypt or [...]

DStv moving to new satellite Eutelsat W7

9 January 2010 ~ 1,508 views

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Eutelsat W4, the satellite that beams DStv signals to residents of West Africa, is fast nearing the end of its life span. It was launched on 24th May 2000 from Space Launch Complex 36B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the USA. According to Wikipedia: Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed [...]

How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

22 November 2009 ~ 1,012 views

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If you are an African blogger and have your blog listed on Afrigator, chances are that you know about Gatorpeeps but can’t seem to understand what it is nor how to use it. Thus, the social networking website is grossly under-utilized by its users with the exception of a few who dominate the platform. This [...]

Africa’s Got Talent. $1 million Grand Price.

15 November 2009 ~ 1,307 views

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America’s Got Talent is a talent-hunt show in the United States of America, seeking to find the very best of raw showbiz talent in that country. It is open to people of all ages, and does not restrict what type of performance the contestants put up. As a result, it has featured singers, dancers, magicians, [...]

The Truth About Afrigator Rankings

20 October 2009 ~ 1,908 views

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A recent temporary change in algorithm for blogs ranking by Africa’s most authoritative blogs aggregator attracted a lot of debate and suggestions. After complaints by bloggers, Afrigator soon made a formal announcement via their blog: Blog ranking changes A lot of bloggers have noticed that there has been quite dramatic changes in the ranking of blogs. [...]

Big Brother Africa 4 (2009): The Revolution. Housemates. Forum.

5 September 2009 ~ 41,807 views

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Big Brother Africa 2009 The Revolution hosted by Ikponmwosa "I.K." Osakioduwa. Housemates would be from Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Francis Omokhape Oghuma (CEO of Naijaborn.com) speaks

30 August 2009 ~ 1,774 views

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Francis Omokhape Oghuma is the CEO of Naijaborn. In this interview, he shares the vision behind Naijaborn as well as the future plans of the new Nigerian social network. Enjoy and remember to share your thoughts as well. Oluniyi: Please introduce yourself and tell me about your background. Francis: My name is Francis Omokhape Oghuma CEO Qubestreet [...]

Vote for your African Telecom Company of the Year!

24 August 2009 ~ 1,052 views

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MobileWorld magazine, a leading telecommunications publication, which focuses on Africa, has announced plans to stage its first awards for the telecommunication industry in the continent. You can read the rest of the official press release at Mobile Africa. Voting is open on the MobileWorld Telecom Africa Awards website. Open categories include: African Fixed Line Operator of the Year African [...]

Oluniyi David Ajao revealed

18 August 2009 ~ 1,135 views

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I have been featured on a couple of African blogs in the past few days: Focused on providing highly useful information in the areas of Blogging, Internet Marketing & Social Media, dayoedunjobi.com helps bloggers and internet marketers make the best of their blogs and online business. The blog which started earlier this year already contains a [...]

e.Tv now in Ghana

12 August 2009 ~ 6,857 views

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TV just got even more exciting in Ghana as e.tv the first privately owned but free-to-air television station in South Africa has launched a subsidiary in Accra, Ghana. This launch is a big deal because e.tv South Africa that launched in 1998 is presently the largest English-medium channel in SA. e.tv Ghana is a free-to-air commercial [...]

Re: Obama in Ghana. Do the youth in Africa have anything to offer?

14 July 2009 ~ 1,374 views

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An excerpt of President Obama’s speech: Now, that triumph must be won once more, and it must be won by you. And I am particularly speaking to the young people. In places like Ghana, you make up over half of the population. Here is what you must know: the world will be what you make of [...]

President Obama in Ghana. Why not Nigeria?

9 July 2009 ~ 6,123 views

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From the moment the US government released information that President Obama was visiting Ghana between 10th and 11th July 2009, there have been a lot of grumbling from neighbouring Nigeria. Now that the US President is just a few days away, the grumbling is getting even louder with Senator Jubril Aminu (Chairman of the Foreign [...]

5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

13 May 2009 ~ 2,969 views

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I had the privilege of witnessing Justin Hartman announce Gatorpeeps.com to the world during BarCamp Nigeria 2009 in Lagos Nigeria. After a few weeks of use, I am still excited about it. Gatorpeeps – essentially a subset of Afrigator – is a micro-blogging platform that enables users to share their thoughts in just 140 characters [...]

BarCamp Nigeria 2009: Overview, Photos & Videos

4 May 2009 ~ 3,428 views

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25th April 2009 was the day and Tom Associates Training Centre in Lagos Nigeria was the venue. Geeks, web entrepreneurs, and other like-minded people in the IT industry gathered to deliberate on Web 2.0, dot-com startups, web marketing strategies, mobile commerce etc, at the first BarCamp event in Nigeria. Justin Hartman of AfriGator.com delivered the 1st [...]

10 Most Technology-savvy African countries

30 March 2009 ~ 2,699 views

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I am extrapolating a list of 10 most IT-ready African countries from The Global Technology Report 2008-2009 (a PDF document). The Report stresses the importance of ICT as a catalyst for growth in the current global turmoil and it underlines that good education fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation are essential engines [...]

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Nigerian Internet Business Opportunities. An #ICT4D Skype Chat.

DStv moving to new satellite Eutelsat W7

How to make Gatorpeeps work for you

Africa’s Got Talent. $1 million Grand Price.

The Truth About Afrigator Rankings

Big Brother Africa 4 (2009): The Revolution. Housemates. Forum.

Francis Omokhape Oghuma (CEO of Naijaborn.com) speaks

Vote for your African Telecom Company of the Year!

Oluniyi David Ajao revealed

e.Tv now in Ghana

Re: Obama in Ghana. Do the youth in Africa have anything to offer?

President Obama in Ghana. Why not Nigeria?

5 Things I love about GatorPeeps. A Review of Gatorpeeps.com

BarCamp Nigeria 2009: Overview, Photos & Videos

10 Most Technology-savvy African countries

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